"The Crash of the Bright Field in New Orleans" Paul S. Edelman. Law Journal Extra - New York Law Journal. January 30, 1997. This is the first legal article to appear specifically on the Bright Field. It is available online at the Law Journal Extra web site.
Law Journal Extra special edition on Admiralty Law.Online special Admiralty issue. This issue includes the Bright Field story listed above.
"Wake of the M/V Bright Field: A Call for Abandoning the Shipowner's Limitation of Liability Act." Edward T. Hayes. The Loyola Law Review. The citation of the article is 44 Loy.L.Rev. 135.
"Admiralty and Maritime Litigation in State Court". David W. Robertson. Louisiana Law Review. Vol. 55. pages 685-744.Currently there is a lot of "evolving" in the interaction of the state and federal court in handling Admiralty and Maritime cases. This very recent very substantial contribution to the discussion is incredibly relevant as it originates in the Louisiana Law Review.
Includes a section on collision and limitation of liability.
Floating dockside casino is not a vessel under the Jones act or general maritime law.
Paper discusses that it is now 30 years since the unification of Admiralty actions with civil actions under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. It mentions few amendments have been required and it has been a reasonably smooth move. It is more a story of creating and maintaining laws than about applying them.
creating and maintaining laws than about applying them.
The review is in the Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, Vol.26. No.3. July 1995. Pages 475-477.
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